John F. Kennedy Quotes

If we could ever competitively, at a cheap rate, get fresh water from saltwater, ..(this) would be in the long-range interests of humanity which could really dwarf any other scientific accomplishments.

John F. Kennedy

The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed but the liberation of the diverse energies of free nations and free men.

John F. Kennedy

We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.

John F. Kennedy

We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.

John F. Kennedy

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people

John F. Kennedy

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.

John F. Kennedy

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

John F. Kennedy

Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.

John F. Kennedy

If we could ever competitively, at a cheap rate, get fresh water from saltwater, ..(this) would be in the long-range interests of humanity which could really dwarf any other scientific accomplishments

John F. Kennedy

It is our task in our time and in our generation to hand down undiminished to those who come after us, as was handed down to us by those who went before, the natural wealth and beauty which is ours.

John F. Kennedy

Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes - one for peace and one for science.

John F. Kennedy

We are inclined to think that if we watch a football game or a baseball game, we have taken part in it.

John F. Kennedy

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

John F. Kennedy

World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor -- it requires only that they live together with mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement

John F. Kennedy

Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance.